Mutations

A mutation could be...

• Fun

• Harmful or beneficial

• Neutral

• Harmful, neutral, or beneficial

A rabbit that has short deformed legs and cannot jump or run fast would have a____

• Harmful mutation
• Beneficial mutation
• Neutral mutation
• normal life

Mutations that cause dramatic changes in protein structure are often

• harmful

• helpful

• neutral

Can DNA mutations(changes) be passed on to offspring?

• yes

• no

Which organelle is DNA usually found in?

• cell membrane
• vacuole
• chloroplast
• nucleus

What are the three types of gene mutation?

• Insertion, Deletion, Subsitution

• Aberration, Deletion, Substitution

• Inversion, Duplication, Insertion

• Insertion, Duplication, Sublimation

• Kagebushin no jutsu, bankai, kamehameha

If a person inherits a faulty[mutated] allele from their mother and a normal allele from their father, what will generally happen?

• The person will show the trait for that faulty allele.

• The person will show the trait for the normal allele.

• The person will show parts of both the faulty and the normal trait.

In general, most mutations result in a _________ or ________ result.

• negative or positive

• neutral or negative

• positive or neutral

Which of the following won't increase your chances of mutation?

• smoking

• sunburns

• exposure to radiation

• alcohol

• lots of soda

Select the three ways that DNA can mutate.

• replacement

• deletion

• duplication

• darwinism

• division